Device for receiving, conveying, or transporting bulky objects



Sept; 29, 1942 H. BUDDECKE DEVICE FOR RECEIVING, CONVEYING, 0R TRANSPORTING BULKY OBJECTS Filed April 21, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet l Inven/on:

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TRANSPORTING BULKY OBJECTS Heinrich Buddecke,

- Germany; vested in dian Adelsberg, near Chemnitz,

the Alien Property Custo- Application April 21 1939, Serial No. 269,206 In Germany May 9, 1938 3 Claims. (Cl. 214-161) partments are pivotally mounted after the manner of an American air swing about external shafts which are supported from two revoluble rings above the ground.

According to the present invention, a supporting surfac for the contents of each compartment or container of the device which receives a car or gOOdS (and is hereinafter referred to for convenience as a compartment, although it is not necessarily a closed chamber) is slidably mounted in closed and preferably circular tracks so that it always assumes a horizontal position. As the supporting surface can always assume a horizontal position under its own weight and the weight of the contents of the compartment, the compartments may be arranged so that they are adjustable, displaceable, rotatable or otherwise movable in any desired track vertically or horizontally without the contents of the compartmentdeparting from the position of equilibrium. Thus the compartments, which are preferably of cylindrical or prismatic shape, may be mounted in honeycomb manner, preferably with tracks for the supporting surface bearing firmly one against the other either directly or through the wall of the compartment and the entire system may be made rotatable. As a result of the honeycomb-like construction a system is then produced which is static in itself, is self-supporting and self-bracing. The compartments may bearranged to be displaceable along independent rigid tracks. The tracks may be rigid and stationary may roll in them individually or together or the compartments may move with these guide tracks attached to them. In the latter case a circular construction of the tracks is especially advantageous and the honeycomb system may be arranged in the centre.

The invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings which illustrate by way of example one of the ways in which it may be applied to a garage, although a similar arrangement may be employed for the storage of goods. In these drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevation and Figure 2 a cross-section of the garage, which comprises a number of rings.

Figure 3 is an elevation, on a larger scale, showing compartments of the garage arranged in honeycomb fashion.

Figure 4 is a longitudinal section of one of the compartments of Figure 3.

Figure 5 shows, on an enlarged scale, how rings employed in the compartments of Figs. 3 and 4 are supported.

The multi-ring garage of Figures 1 and 2 comprises a central system I, a first circular ring system 2 and a second circular ring system 3. The central system I comprises a number of compartments 4 arranged in honeycomb fashion and firmly connected to one another at their points of contact. The internal ring 5 of the first ring system 2, to which ring are attached the compartments 6, runs on rollers or balls -'I on the periphery of the central system i. The internal ring 8 of the second ring system 3 runs upon rollers or balls 9 on the compartments 6 of the first ring system 2. The compartments ill of the sec- 0nd ring system 3 are mounted between the inner guide ring 8 and an-outer guide ring II and between which they have a rolling contact. The outer ring ll runs on rollers or balls l2 which are carried by the correspondingly shaped trough l3. The guide rings 5 and 8 may also roll upon balls I4 on extension members l5 secured between the compartments of the system. Each compartment 4, 6 or III has, as is shown in Figs. 3 and 4, two annular tracks l6 which are preferably of double T or girder shape in cross-section, which in each system are supported or bear against one another and are firmly conected together.

A surface 18 for supporting the motor vehicle to be garaged or the goods to be stored rolls on and the compartments and each system can the tracks I6 011 rollers ll. The tracks l6 may also support the wall or covering of each compartment. As may be seen from Figure 2, two ring systems l9 and 20 are arranged one behind the other, each system being rotatable independently of the other. The guide rings 5, 8, I l of the systems are preferably of U-shaped cross-section be rotated by itself by means of a pinion on the shaft of a motor 2|, the pinion engaging with a toothed part 22 on the appropriate system. The part 22 may at the same time (see Fig. 5) serve as a means of further support for each ring system, support being given to it by rollers 23 secured in the masonry. Furthermore, the central compartment 24 of the central system may also be supported on similar rollers in order to give support to this central system.

A number of ring systems may be arranged one behind the other, there being conveniently provided between each two systems a track for introducing the vehicles into the various compartments. The system is preferably so arranged that the supporting surfaces of the compartments which assume a central horizontal position are at ground level. Where there are a number of systems arranged one behind the other, the central compartment 24 is conveniently left free in order to provide access to another system.

The entire system may be covered by a roof 25; and a drain 25 may be provided in the pit I 3.

height are to be overcome. The arrangement ac cording to the invention is also very suitable for use in constructional and conveying purposes for ships, where differences in height have to be overcome; and the supporting surfaces always take up a horizontal position even if the ship rolls.

As a result of the rotatability of the individual systems or of the displaceabllity or the individual compartments, any desired compartment may be brought to ground level for loading or discharg- I claim:

1. A garage or the like comprising a plurality of ring systems of cylindrical open ended compartments in concentric ring shape arrangement, a movable platform in each compartment, supporting annular tracks for each compartment upon which the platform mile for automatic horizontal adjustment, each compartment of each ring system being in direct contact with at least two compartments of the same ring system and directly supported thereby, and means for maintaining said ring systems in the relation described.

2. A device according to claim 1, in which said means includes a ring for each system to provide a holding and guiding means upon which the compartments of the adjacent ring system have a rolling contact.

3. A device according to claim 1, in which the central ring system is provided with a compartment in its center upon which compartment the other compartments of the central system rest and in turn support the adjacent system where-s by the compartments of the entire structure are positioned in a honeycomb manner;

HEINRICH .BUDDECKE. 

